The collar is bucktail - white underneath, yellow sides and chartreuse top. Cheeks are three fibres each of tourquoise (sp) and flourescent fuschia blended. Thats about the only variation from the original which called for violet in the blend.

Jungle cock eyes

I took the photo under a hologen lamp with no flash. I'll play around with it a bit more to get a better reference photo.

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Todd, the Metz saddles are fine for the smaller patterns up to 8" - maybe a few longer feathers.

I seem to have collected a few over the years, more by accident than design since I only got interested in these patterns last year. I picked up an off-white cape recently on sale at $15 - presumably inferior quality for dry fly work. At that price I'll take all they've got!

For variety, quantity of useful feathers and length, RLS take some beating.

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